This lesson will help students understand the law of cosines and the Pythagorean theorem. The material has students find out whether a triangle is acute, obtuse, or right; determine a formula for the law of cosines to...

In this animated and interactive object, the learner uses a TI-86 calculator to solve for the magnitude of the resultant and of one of the component forces in a right triangle. Target Audience: 2-4 Year College...

This course, presented by MIT and taught by professor Sanjoy Mahajan, teaches guessing results and solving problems without having to do a proof or an exact calculation. The material is useful for students who have a...

This pdf contains a syllabus for a first course on structural fabrication as part of the Aerospace Technology Program. Topics include trigonometry, machine tools, blueprints, metal working, aerospace fasteners, and...

Created by David Smith for the Connected Curriculum Project, the purpose of this module is to study data that may be modeled by sinusoidal functions; in particular, to determine average level, period, frequency,...